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Books of The Times; Markers Along the Way

By THOMAS LASK ();

June 18, 1968,

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AGAINST the judgment of my betters, I was not able to find in the first part of Bernard Russell's autobiography, published last year, those excellences that others praised so highly. It seemed to me like an ill-made stew -- excellent in parts, disappointing on the whole. The picture of his Victorian, restricted boyhood, the great days at Cambridge, the sketches of friends and mentors were memorable.

June 18, 1968

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